Hen-coop.



F.`NELLEN.

HEN COOP.

APPLlcATloN FILED DEC. 30. 1912.

1 1 62,386. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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FRIEDRICH NELLEN,V 0F BREDENEY, NEAR ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY.

TIEN-COOP.

App1ication filed December 30, 1912.

ableness of large farms is hereby made ques-r tionable.

According to the invention, collecting the eggs is facilitated by the nests being arranged in a portable nest-carrier, so that the nests containing the eggs can be conducted in succession to a common place where the eggs are removed. This nest-carrier is made circular' and the individual coops are ar ranged in known manner in the form of sectors so that Vthe nest-'carrier has the shape of a ring which is, for example supported on wheels which run on a circular rail or track. It the egg-collecting and egg-packing rooms are likewise arranged in sectors when the nest-carrier is driven around on the track all the nests can successively be brought to the packing place which considerably simplifies and cheapens the work of collecting and despatching the eggs, and the production of the eggs can be made very profitable which is not possible without this arrangement.

One form of my invention is represented by way of example in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l shows one part of the portable nest-carrier in elevation, partly in section, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of an alternative form showing the entire construction.

The nest-carrier a comprises a double annular channel so that two rows of nests can be arranged one above the other. The dividing walls o of Fig. 1, or the posts 3 of Fig. 2, have partitions or walls 1, which eX- tend inwardly and over the annular channel or channels of the nest-carrier a, so that the individual compartments are separated from one another and on the nests ybeginning to Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 739,319.

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move the hens are driven away from them.

rlhe nest-carrier is carried by the wheels 0 which run on the circular track CZ. The place for collecting the eggs is shown at c.'

I have shown embodiments of my invention, but it is clear that changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention, as deined in the appended claims.

l claim f l. A hen-coop comprising an elongated horizontal nest carrier, a plurality or" vertical walls stationary in respect to the nestcarrier and dividing said carrier into a plurality 0In compartments for forming indii vidual nests, and means for roving said carrier from its position forming the said nests,

to another position for collecting the eggs in the individual nests at a single point.

2. A hen-coop comprising a Amovable car-- rier formed by a channel circularly arranged,` a plurality of radially arranged walls stationary in respect to the carrier and dividing said channel into a plurality of individual compartments for forming individual nests, and means for rotatably supporting said carrier.

3. A hen-coop comprising a movable carrier formed of a plurality ot' circular channels, yone arranged on top of the other, a plurality of radially arranged walls stationary in respect to the carrier and dividing said channels into a plurality of individual compartments for forming nests, and means for rotatably supporting said carrier.

l. A hen-coop comprising a circular carrier, provided with wheels, tracks for said wheels, said carrier being provided with a channel for forming nests, and a plurality of stationary walls for dividing said channel into a plurality of individual compartments for forming individual nests when said carrier is stationary in respect to the stationary walls.

In testimony whereof, I have rsigned my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

HELEN NUFER, ALBERT NUFER.

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